Quote by Joseph Story
And it is no less true, that personal security and private propert

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice. – Joseph Story

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A good government implies two things first, fidelity to the objects of the government secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. – Joseph Story

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Knowledge
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Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. – Joseph Story

Category:
Intelligence
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Wisdom
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It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience. – Roger Ascham

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Wisdom

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. – Thomas Carlyle

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Wisdom

The wisdom of the crowds is the most ridiculous statement Ive heard in my life. Crowds are dumb. – Drew Curtis

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Wisdom

The foolish sayings of a rich man pass for wise ones. – Proverb

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Wisdom

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The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power. – John Berger

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Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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